Global Energy Consumption industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2012-16, and forecast to 2021). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

The value chain analysis reveals the business activities which comprise the global energy consumption sector industry value chain. All key stages are highlighted, along with examples of companies active, and assessments of the burning issues for every stage of the value chain. Key value chain stages analyzed include material extraction, energy generators, distribution, retail and end-user.

The energy consumption sector is defined as the energy consumption by industry, transport, residential, commercial, agricultural, and fishing consumers and markets.

The global energy consumption sector had total revenues of $8,478.3bn in 2016, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.1% between 2012 and 2016.

Sector consumption volume increased with a CAGR of 2.4% between 2012 and 2016, to reach a total of 8,502.9 million toe in 2016.

Oil has an unusually high share of the sector in some countries. Oil plays an important role in energy generation but has been losing ground to natural gas of late, the cost advantage of which has been reinforced by the prevalence of US shale gas.

Energy generation is dominated by large companies, but many countries prefer to use domestic firms rather than entrust a sensitive area of policy to companies registered abroad.

Distribution can be split up into three: electricity grid, haulage and shipping. Each is dominated by large, international companies but the degree of reliance on each varies significantly.

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Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the energy consumption sector

Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the global energy consumption sector